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Horace HARGOOD

Regimental number2385
Date of birth1896
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolCentral State School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMacaroni maker
Address85 Neptune Street, Burnley, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Henry Hargood, 85 Neptune Street, Burnley, Victoria
Enlistment date20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGrand Nephew of Admiral Sir William Hargood of the "Bellile" under Nelson at Trafalgar and the Nile.
FateKilled in Action 28 July 1917
Place of death or woundingDickebusch, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialDickebusch New Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 3), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Henry and Blanche HARGOOD, 165 Buckingham Street, Richmond, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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